Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-08
IN NREB Oh RAIN.
Prospects Of Calif0rnia's
Grain CrOp Rather
Dubious.
The Canadian Pacific Rail-
way VIII Also Revise
Its Rate-Sheet.
Giant Powder and a Boiler
Explode in a Nevada Mine.
later State Commerce National In
pertance-First Game Of Base Ball
Verdict Of Not GuIlty-A Ger
man Girl Marderea-PrO-
gramme Completed.


California In Need eG Rain.
SAN FRkNcIso0, April7.-The produces
exchange, tsdAy. pablishes reports fro1
all the Sheat counties in CFlifernia civ.
inR the actual condition Of growing
wheat On April lsi. Il summarizes the
situation as follsws:
The acreage seeded.to summer fallow
is considerably below the average. bat
this part Of the crop Is in a eeRerally
good condition and with any rain viii
make good erep. The total acreage
seeded is below the amount seeded last
year. Lite grain, Of which there IL q
large amount. is beginning 10 suffer
from want of moisture. and in some
sections. is beyond redemption. notably
On the vest side Of the San Joaquin val
ley. where the acreage seeded is net 25
per can't. Of last years area. From No
desta, south, crops have suffered. aud
are In . very critical condition, Merosd
county making the worst showing.
Fresno and TaiaFe With immediate and
heavy rains can stiil make fair crop.
showers will do bat little IL any good.
Parts Of the central counties, such ss
San Joaquin, the eastern end Of 6tAnis
laus and saotamento, promise we'll. bat
rain is needed. The same applies 60
the northern and eastern part Of Sola-
no and from there north along the Sac
rameRto River, where there is . large
amount Of summer fallow and early win.
ter grain Even here the late grain has
suffered and tbs balance needs more
rain. The plains west Of Sacramento
are fair and can stand q couple OF weeks
more OF dry weather. The outcome in
Santa Clare. San Benito, Monterey and
San Luis Obispo depends entirely on
the weather during the first half
Of April and with COED rains will
make q very fair crop The southern
o1uBties with the one exception Of
Ventura are not encouraging. The
acreage In all Of them shows more or
less decrease and they 90 not promise
to cut q large figure In the Weld Of
wheat this year. On the other hand
they have a large increase in barley,
and with eood spring will turn out q
large amount Of this grain. Barley on
the whsls looks better than wheat. and
the acreage shows an increase from last
year.
Reports collected by the EssntHg
BulletiR, a summary Of which was tele-
grspAsd last night, aud whica are six
daYs later than she Produce Exchange
report. confirm the latter as stated
above.
Yesterdays showers were quite copi-
ous in the northern and centrai parts OF
the State. but IL was not there that they
were most needed. Rain ceased at ar
early hour this morning and sunny
weather again prevails.
The Canadian Pacific viii Revise Ias
haIeA.
San Francisco, April Z. - The Cana
dian Pacific is compiling a new rate
sheet TO take advantage OF the high
tariff imposed on American railroads
BY reason Of the Inter State Commerce
Law. Il reported that merchants have
already oonmenced 20 ship goods from
New York doUn the St. Lawrence and
across the lakes to the Canadian Pacific,
then aoress the continent 90 Vancouver
and this coast. This competition will
be particularly etfeetual from Chicago
and PittsbuF9 and will, ia she event Of
the Commission refusing TO suspend the
l0ng and short haul clause Of the Inter
State Commerce Law, force the railroads
10 redaoe their local rates 90 as to be
able TO compete with the water lines on
through hauls.
Demolished by an Explosion.
TUscARoRA (Nev. }. April Z The hoist
ing works OF the Nevada Queen mine, at
this pla q, was completely wrecked yes.
terday by an explosion Of box Of giant
powder, followed by q boiler explosion.
Ia addition TO the hOisting works, the
pumpinR machinery was also de-
molished, and as 9 consequence ths
mine Is now flooded, and Nsrth Belle
Isle and several other mines sre rapidly
nllinR with water. Five men we're In
the vicinity Of the works at the time OF
the explosion, aud everyone OF
them we're severely injured. One Of
them, A. ID. Ruaasi, foreman, IL peFhaps
fatally injured. Work will be suspended
till July or August.
Interstate Commerce.
WAsHInoTOE, Fil7.-Ths Inter State
OorhmeFce Commission has today pro
mHlRated the following The Detroit.
Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway
Company having made application 10
the Commission for suspension OF the
operation Of Section 4 Of the Interstate
Commerce law, 30 far as II would apply
10 the traftio taksn across Lake Miehi-
gan 10 Grand Haven, and destined 20
points east Of the Detroit and Sc. Clair
rivers, and having assigned a. q reason
foE such suspension that the said rail
way company owns aud operates a line
Of boats on Lake Michigan, and has
been doing % for many years pat. and
By common eonssat its competitors
have been allowed 10 charge less rate
from Milwaukee By way OF Grand Ha
ven on the trafiio above mentioned than
IL charged On all rail lines. BY way Of
Chicago, on lake trafhe. and that the
making Of such lees rates by said rail
way company is Just aud fair a. between
Milwaukee and ChieaRo. is necessary 10
enable said petitioner 20 eOmpete With
said lines By way Of Ohie1RO aud said
railway company having further ahszn
that between oertaiH points on lie line,
esst OF Lake MichiRzn. 10 has been cas-
tOmary 10 make Fsses on such irafie
which are greater for shorter than for
longer hsuis. which RreatsF charges are
reasonable and correspond 10 tho e
made By the composing line-; and the
Commission baving heard ssid applioa-
tion, and dulY considered IL. add Il 40
peASing 10 the Commissios that tbe case
~ proper one f1r temporary relief. a
- nov ordered that fer period Of 81
dsya from this date ths operaiian Of
said faarth section Of TIE Iatsr-Stais
CommeKoe Lac shall be suspend d e. 70
trains from MilWaakes over the pati.
tioDer's line 20 far as % permits tie
charging Of greater rates foF tn ira =
p0FtAtinn Of property fFom Grand ia
ven and points eas' eFlT thereof aud in
cinding f0nia 70 points sast Of Defrs
ard 81. Clair rivers than are chsEged cu
like tEafis FROM Milwaukee 10 psiBts
esst Of the SANE rivers ovsE The s4ne
line. and also for The transportation q
pEopeTfy 10 Ienia and Grand Hsvsn
And points between The same frcm
points easi Of the Detroit and s.. Ciaif
rivers than are charged on iks tFs fiis o
Milxaakee over the same line; bat sab
ieoi, hsyefftsleaa. % tbs restriction thst
sash charges 10 and from Grand Hsvsb.
i0nia and i1tsrmediste points stall Dot
81 sny time exsesd the forward ng rates
on Ike irsfHs bstQesn the city Of Chi
ego and tre sane points east af sad
Detroit and 81. Clair rivers. nor greater